Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 1416 Ronald's Secret
Ronald met Princess Diana again at the royal premiere in London. This time, the Queen and her husband and Prince Charles did not come, so she was the only one present. The Spielberg film was not of much interest to the royal family, but Ronald knew that Diana liked the movie ET, so he talked to her over the phone and persuaded her to attend.

After greeting and taking photos with Spielberg, Laura Dern and other main creators, the movie would not be shown for some time, so Diana came over to chat with her distant cousin Ronald.

"Ronald, why are you here this time?"

"I came to find out how the film did in Britain and to see an old friend."

"Am I one of them?"

"Of course, aren't we still relatives?"

"Hahaha……"

Princess Diana was very happy and touched Ronald's cheeks. She wore a green dress, dark green top, emerald earrings and necklace. Her elegant hair was cut short again and she looked a little tired.

"Please don't take pictures, this is a scene with director Spielberg, Sir Richard Attenborough (who plays the doctor who built the park), and Arianna Richards (the little girl)..."

When Ronald saw the reporters taking pictures of himself and the princess, he quickly waved to them. He thought that he had better not steal the limelight from the creators and the princess at this premiere.

"It's just a group photo? My American cousin is visiting?" The reporter kept on pestering and told Ronald the prepared title to make him angry so that he could take some photos with funny expressions.

"Please..." Princess Diana came over to greet them and called out the names of several reporters. The reporter seemed to have a good relationship with Diana and said that he would only take one photo.

"How have you been lately?"

“Just as bad as my haircut…hahahaha”

At the end of last year, Princess Diana and Prince Charles were separated, announced by Prime Minister Major.

Something very unpleasant happened before the separation. The flirting recording of Prince Charles and Camilla was intercepted by the tabloids and published in the media.

Coincidentally, a recording of a phone call between Princess Diana and her good friend James Gilbey was also released by The Sun, in which the two of them allegedly called each other by ambiguous nicknames and discussed the details of their pregnancy.

However, the media and the public generally sympathized with Diana. After the two separated, the Sunday Times also published an investigative report showing that the background noise of the conversation was too strange, and it was not ruled out that it was edited and forged afterwards.

Further analysis pointed the finger at MI5, the only agency with eavesdropping authority, which put the royal family and the government in a very awkward position.

So now Diana's public image has come to the point where her husband and wife, who had given birth to two sons, were abandoned and married to an older, uglier woman...

"Are all you men like this?"

Diana was no exception and asked the same questions that all women would ask. Ronald could only rub his nose...

"Ah..." Princess Diana also sighed. Now she only appears with Charles when she attends parent-teacher conferences at school and royal celebrations a few times a year. In order to protect the two children, she will have to live like this for a few years.

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"Ronald, are you coming to London specifically to visit the princess?"

At the end of the screening, the reporters still did not let Ronald go and asked about his relationship with Princess Diana. Now that the two have separated, they rarely appear in public together. Every man and woman who appears with them will be asked the same questions by the media, and then examined: is he the new boyfriend or girlfriend?

"The princess is my friend, I'm very happy to see her again, she's a fan of Spielberg, I'm sure she's very satisfied this time. Me? I'm mainly here to look for opportunities for cooperation, you know, Britain is one of Hollywood's largest overseas markets, there are great actors and screenwriters here, in addition to distribution, I also want to have the opportunity to cooperate with British talents?

You asked me what I was going to shoot? I haven't decided yet. I just had a deep discussion with them this time. The actors here are all very good. For example? Haha, you guys are really persistent. For example, I have always liked British spy dramas, yes, that famous one, Agent..."

After throwing out a few diverting answers, Ronald turned around and went to the hotel. He chose not to stay with the crew so that his news could spread here for a few more days. Ronald could take the opportunity to rush back to New York, as Helen was about to give birth.

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“Diane, I’ll be staying here for a few more days… Yes, Fleming’s foundation, which owns the copyright of 007, may consider licensing the copyright to another Hollywood production company other than MGM.

Yeah, I missed you too, and Roger...

Oh, and I was photographed with Princess Diana this time, so I guess there will be another scandal about me. The Princess? She’s in a mess right now, and it seems like someone is trying to dig up dirt on her.

Yes, I have to hide for a few days and stop showing up with the crew. This movie is a blast in London, and its box office potential is no less than that in China. The big dinosaur is really attractive. "

"Richard, keep my room for five days and check out when the time comes." Ronald hung up the phone, packed up immediately, went straight to the airport, and took a private plane back to New York.

……

"It hasn't been very quiet these past two days. I've been waiting for that moment at any time, just afraid that you won't be able to come back in time."

In her apartment in Manhattan, New York, Helen Slater held her big belly, and when she saw Ronald come in, she went up to hug him and gently confided in him. Although Ronald was not with her most of the time, he was never absent at such important moments, which gave Helen a strange sense of security.

"Sit down, sit down, don't move too fast." Ronald quickly helped her sit on the sofa. This time, he specially landed at the unknown Stanton Airport, and then flew here by helicopter. No reporters could see him along the way.

"Oh, Baby, look how much your dad loves you. Knowing that you are coming out, he must fly back from London. Baby, isn't your dad great?"

Helen was very happy and started talking to her belly. She was very skilled in this prenatal education posture.

"Oh, God, Ronnie..." After talking for a while, Ronald was about to persuade Helen to rest, but Helen grabbed Ronald's arm and shouted, "I think the child is so happy to see you back, and can't wait to come out."

"Nurse, doctor, Bud!"

Ronald panicked and called for help. The group got into the prepared van and drove to the Presbyterian Hospital in the Upper East Side.

"Oh, Ronnie, I'm so scared, I feel pain..."

When they arrived at the top private ward, Helen's insecurity exploded. She screamed and danced in the room. Ronald had to persuade her kindly, wipe her sweat with a towel, and give her water. Finally, a senior obstetrician came and helped her calm down.

"Ronnie, I'm a little scared..."

The doctor judged that there was still plenty of time, and as soon as he left Helen started again, holding on to Ronald tightly and not letting him leave.

Ronald, who had just returned and was still jet-lagged, had no choice but to stay by her bed and talk with a sleepy look on his face, and they both fell asleep before they knew it.

"Ronnie, I'm sorry for making things difficult for you. I was just afraid that you would leave me..." Helen stopped making a fuss when she saw Ronald fell asleep. Perhaps she felt very comforted that Ronald was taking care of her like this.

"Ah... it hurts again..."

"Ah...Doctor! Nurse!" Ronald was awakened again and quickly called for a doctor.

It turned out to be another false alarm. After several false alarms, it was finally evening and Helen really had to go into the delivery room.

"Don't come. I don't want you to see me in such a mess. Just wait for a while, and then you will be able to see our daughter..." Helen was different. She refused Ronald's invitation to go in with her and insisted on going in alone.

"Ah, is it a daughter?" Ronald didn't know that Helen had already found out the gender of the child through technical means.

"Hehehe, see you later, Daddy...ah, I'm in a little pain..." In a blink of an eye, Helen started complaining to the doctor next to her about the severe pain.

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"Richard? Where is Ronald? The special effects director of their company called me and asked for his approval on some special effects. Why didn't he call you directly?"

Diane called Richard, but for some reason, Van Fleet, the special effects director of Daydream, called her home and said in a squeaky voice that he couldn't contact Ronald, so he had to make the call. Then he denied it...

"Ah... He is discussing the copyright of 007 with the Fleming family and needs to turn off his phone. I see. I will call Van Fleet later. Don't worry, Ronald is fine..."

"Nothing? Why do I feel like something's wrong?" Diane felt something was wrong and started muttering after hanging up the phone.

"Diane called you and said Van Fleet was looking for you. I guess we happened to run into each other on the plane. I'll call her and tell her that you're anxious to come to New York with the people from the Fleming Foundation to continue the negotiations. Calculate the time and then talk to her. This way there won't be any problems." After Richard answered the phone, he started making arrangements, then woke up Ronald and reported to him.

"Thank you, these things..." Ronald also felt it was ridiculous, but beauties had done him a great favor. They were all his beloved women, and he didn't want to make them sad, so he had to deal with it this way.

"Quack quack..."

Finally, after many twists and turns, Helen finally gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. She didn't let Ronald in at first, and asked the nurse to simply comb her hair and clean the sweat off her face before letting him in with satisfaction.

"Oh, Helen..." Ronald came in and held her hand, looking at her sweetly.

"It's a healthy and beautiful girl..." After examination, a little baby girl was also sent to the ward.

"Look, how beautiful she is?" Helen smiled and touched the child. She was already very tired. But she still held on, holding her breath, tightly holding Ronald's hand, asking the three of them to remember this important moment in their lives.

"Fortunately, she looks like you. It would be terrible if a girl looked like me..." Ronald looked at the child's face. Fortunately, he did not inherit the square chin. The baby was very delicate and could be seen as what Helen looked like when she was a child. "She really looks like you, Helen." Ronald looked at Helen again, gently supported her and looked at the child's face.

"Oh, hahaha...ah, don't make me laugh..." Helen finally felt relieved. She had heard many horror stories in the industry about women giving birth to children and their big-shot boyfriends immediately stopping loving them. Fortunately, Ronald was not like that. When he looked at her, she could feel this kind of love.

After a day, a private vehicle was arranged, and Helen and her children slowly drove home surrounded by bodyguards, drivers, agents, nannies and nurses.

"What do you think of a good name?" Helen looked at the baby in the cradle and often smiled from ear to ear. Although Ronald could not stay with her for too long, this short time was really sweet.

"I don't know, no name is as beautiful as hers, right?" Ronald felt happy as he looked at the child sleeping with his eyes closed.

Or maybe people say that sons and daughters are different. When you see a boy, you want him to grow up slowly into a man and inherit your path in the future. When you see a girl, you want to take good care of her and make her the happiest person in the world.

Ronald had just settled Helen and his daughter down when Richard received another call.

"Your friend..."

"Ronald...where are you now? New York? Can I..." The voice on the phone sounded weak, as if he had just cried.

"What's wrong?" Ronald was wondering why he asked.

"Didn't you watch the news?"

"No, I just came back from London."

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The call lasted for half an hour. When Ronald hung up the phone, Helen was staring at him.

"Honey, what's wrong?" Ronald turned around and looked at Helen with a smile on his face.

"I want to go to Long Island and live with my mother for a while..." Helen just felt that it was impossible for her to spend this time with Ronald as a couple after having a child. And she didn't know who called. Instead of doing that, it would be better to keep the good memories of this time and not occupy him and make him unhappy in the end.

"Great, when are you planning to go?"

"I think I'll go tomorrow..."

"Don't be so anxious. I still have two or three days to accompany you..."

"Don't do this..." Helen covered Ronald's mouth with her hand. What's the difference between two or three days and one day?
"Helen, I..." Ronald also realized that he had said the wrong thing.

"Let's go to my mother's tomorrow. She really wants to see her... What do you think we should name our daughter?"

Ronald slowly combed Helen's hair, "How's Linda?"

Linda Lee is the name used by Helen Slater in her first movie "Supergirl" to hide her identity in her daily life.

"Linda? Linda Slater, okay... let's call her Linda..." Helen smiled and slowly rocked her daughter's crib, "Linda, Linda, we will call you Linda from now on..."

"Um...Linda..." Ronald didn't expect that Helen insisted that her daughter take Slater's last name. He smiled at her awkwardly. "This name is nice, Linda..."

The three of them were having a great time. Ronald looked at Helen's smile, which was the kind of happy smile he hadn't seen in a long time. "Helen, stay one more day. I'll take you there when the time comes."

"Okay, stay one more day..."

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"Donna, do you think I'm overthinking this?"

Diane showed up at JFK Airport wearing big sunglasses, and Donna, her best friend since childhood, was waiting for her there.

"It's hard to say. You said that the call you made to Richard had no international noise and delay, which is indeed suspicious. But they may be staying in a very good hotel, and the new equipment has improved the quality of various calls."

"I feel a little scared. If Ronnie didn't lie to me, I think it would be very bad to doubt him like this. But if he lied to me... I... Actually, I know that this kind of thing is hard to avoid in Hollywood, but if he lied to me..."

Diane felt like she was going to cry when she said this, and she clutched her best friend Donna's arm tightly, her teeth chattering in fear.

"Don't worry, if you make a mistake, just say you came to see me. If it's true... I will definitely stand on your side..." Donna felt uncomfortable seeing her childhood friend so nervous. Cousin Ronnie, I can't help you if you do this.

"What did Richard say? Tell me again..." Donna comforted.

"He said that Ronnie and people from the Fleming Foundation came to New York to continue negotiating the copyright of 007, because in addition to the author's descendants, the foundation also has several other British producers who need to talk in New York.

But I find it strange that Ronnie hasn’t spoken to me for three days, and he never avoided me like this before…”

"This kind of negotiation is afraid of being exposed, which may lead to an increase in the asking price or being intercepted midway. It is normal to keep it confidential," Donna comforted.

"Should I just go back..." Dai An didn't want to reveal the result when the matter came to a head. If he went back like this, and everyone pretended not to know, maybe things would be better.

"No, if you don't figure it out this time, this shadow will accompany you for the rest of your life. Every time something happens, you will think about it. Listen to me, go and see the bottom card..."

The two drove in silence until they reached the Fifth Avenue building. Donna and Diane were both regular customers, and the guard knew them. At Diane's insistence, he did not inform the guards and accompanied them up.

"Ding Dong..." Diane plucked up the courage and rang the doorbell.

"Who?" Ronald's voice came out.

"I..." As the moment of revelation was approaching, Diane's throat tightened and she couldn't speak.

The door opened a crack in front of them, and Ronald's face appeared in the gap, with a safety chain hanging on it. "Diane? Why are you here?"

"What about me? Why don't you open the door? It's still chained. Is there someone hiding there?" Donna stood up to support Diane.

"Shh, keep your voice down. How did you know someone was here? Come in and tell me..." Ronald closed the door again, removed the safety chain, and let the two men in.

"You didn't run into any reporters when you came here, did you?"

As soon as the two women came in, Ronald immediately closed the door and talked to them.

Diane was already shaking with nervousness. Who was here? Why didn't she run into any reporters? Didn't she feel any guilt at all?
"Hi... Diane..." Only a gentle voice came out, and a man with black hair came out of the room. He spoke in a very soft voice, but he was still wearing sunglasses in the room. He walked up to Diane and hugged her, looking very depressed.

"MJ? What are you doing here?" Diane was shocked to find that this was the pop king, Michael Jackson, who was preparing for a global concert.

"He's being chased by the media now, so he's hiding in our house for a few days. I was going to call you. The fewer people who know about this, the better. Donna, why are you here with Diane?"

"Ah... I want to invite Diane to be my bridesmaid..." Donna thought of a solution quickly...

"Oh, congratulations, Donna... I remember you are Ronald's cousin..." MJ came over and congratulated her. Although she was in a place suspected of scandal, she was still very happy to hear such good news.

"Thank you, stop talking about me, MJ, what's wrong with you?"

"Oh, my God. Don't you guys read the newspaper? I thought I was a heinous criminal known to the whole country."